RPC VII.2, 3045

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3045
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue With Π Π
Dating AD 238 and after
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription Α Μ Κ Γ Β, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ
Edition αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλε(ως)
Translation first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), of Tarsus, metropolis
Reverse design double crown of the Cilicarch, decorated with two imperial busts in the outer side, and five imperial busts and two Nikai in the inner side, on table with three straight legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 16.83 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Delepierre 6533 SNG 1652
2 2     Boston: 63.1178